Reel.



A. F. SCHROEDER.

REEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1915.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

* rrEn STATES "PATE T, OFFIC ALBEBT F. SCIHROEDER, OF CIiEVELAND, OHIO.

REEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. Scnnonnnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Reels, of which the followingis a specification, the principle of the invention being hereinexplained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying thatprinciple, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention has general reference to reels and more particularly toarticles of this character involving a journal and a rather large huband heads.

One object of this invention is to improve the structure of reels inrespect to certain details of manufacture, and as an incidentaladvantage the mode of assemblage. Other objects are to provide a reelwhich will be durable, sightly in appearance and economical to produce.Especial objects are:

1. To provide a reel presenting a smooth and absolutely close mechanicalfit between the hub and heads.

2. To provide a reel involving a reduction in the number of breaksheretofore required in the exterior surfaces of the heads.

The inventive conception is associated with elements which arehereinafter eX- .plained and variously combined in the ing in directionindicated by the arrows in Fig. II.

Fig. IV is a view corresponding to Fig. 11 of a simplified modification.

The structure of a reel embodying my in vention comprises a pair ofcircular heads 1 having concave peripheral flanges 2 adapted to serve aspulleys. Each of the heads, which are of indentic'al form and structurethroughout, is provided with a central opening 3, and also with aplurality, and in this exemplification with three, circularly. ar-

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Got. 16, 1917.

Application filed February 4, 1915. Serial No. 6,060.

ranged outWardly-ofiset apertures 4.. Carried upon theinside or opposedsurfaces of the haeds l as by spot-welding are a pair of cupped plates5. These plates are similarly provided each with a central opening 6which is of the same bore and registers with one of the central openings3. As willbe observed upon inspection of Fig. 1-1 the plates 5arelikewise similarly provided with three circularly arranged apertures7 each registering with one of the apertures, 4. The plates 5 are flatexcept for the annular inwardly projected peripheral flanges 8.

A shaft 9 having reduced ends 10 which are accurately fitted to theopenings 3 and 6, includes in its contour a pair of right angledshoulders 11 intended toabut the inner sides of the plates 5. A hollowcylindrical drum 12 corresponding precisely in length with the distancebetween the's'houlders 11, and of inside diameter precisely with theexterior diameter of the flanges' 8, is shown to be positioned betweenthe heads 1- so as to snugly inclose such' flanges. 'In this manner thedrum 12 ma be readily centered due to the conoentrticity of the flanges8. Another feature, however, of my arrangement is that a smooth tightly'abutting corner fit between the heads 1 and the drum is efiected,whereby no crevice appears. This is an important advantage which isoffered by my construction because when a reel has loose fibers woundabout its drum it is desirable not to have any such catch or wedge inthe outer corners to become disrupted or disarranged or to hinder asmooth continuation in the winding operation. The drum 12 is in Fig. Iseen to be fashioned with a slot 13 intended to secure the end of thematerial which is to be wound upon it.

A pair of collars 14.- are positioned as a shrunk fit upon the outwardlyprojecting ends 10 so as to tightly abut the outer sides of the heads 1thereby very firmly binding the same together with the plates 5 againstthe shoulders 11. In this manner the es sential parts of the reel arewell secured at the center and at the same time the shaft 9 isreinforced adjacent to its journal.

As an auxiliary fastening means three rods 15 having heads 16 are passedthrough i the apertures 4: and 7 to be riveted over at 17 It is obviousthat with the use of a spinn ng riveting machine a very neat andeffective securing means may be thus accomplished just inwardly, and atthree equidistant points, of the periphery of the drum l2.

The smooth sightly appearance which the ends or outer sides of the headsof my reel structure presents should commend itself further as acommercial asset.

The modification shown in Fig. IV resides in a simplification of thecentering and reinforcing plates 18. These will be seen to be providedin the same way as before with central openings 19 and circularlyarranged apertures 20 but with the peripheral flanges omitted. FLcertain purposes the normal edges of the plates 18 would otter asuiiicient bearing and centering surface and incidentally permit the useof material, otherwise to become scrap stock, which might not be ofsuitable size to permit the formation of peripheral flanges.

In being thus enabled to utilize scrap punchings to serve the purposesof either the plates 5 and 18, my invention involves a pronouncedmanufacturing expedient of which a new and useful result is predicated.

claim 1. A reel cpmprising a pair of circular heads each having acentral opening and a plurality of circularly arranged apertures havingoil'set edges, a pair of disks each having an opening and aperturescorrespondingly arranged as and registering inwardly with said headopenings and aper tures respectively, a drum interposed be tween saidheads and inclosing said disks, a series of rods joining said headstogether and having ends flanged over said offset edges,-a shaft havingreduced ends passing through said central openings whereby the reel maybe rotatably mounted, said shaft having a shoulder abutting the insideof said heads and collars for fixing said heads against such shoulders.

2. A reel comprising a pair of circular heads each having a centralopening and a plurality of circumferentially arranged apertures, a pairof disks each having a central opening and circumferentially arrangedapertures adapted to register inwardly adjacent to said head openingsand aperturesrespectively, a cylindrical drum interposed between saidheads and snugly int-losing said disks so as to be emn-entricallysupported, a series .of rods passed through alined pairs of saidregistering apertures for joining said heads together, a shaft extendingthrough the tour central openings and having reduced ends whereby toform shoulders abutting the inside surfaces of said disks, and collarsshrunk upon the ends of said shaft and tightly abutting the outsidesurfaces of said heads whereby to firmly clamp said heads and diskstogether against said shoulders.

Signed by me this 2nd day of February,

ALBERT F. SCHRUEDER.

Attested by V LYNN E. MUELLER, Corr .MUELLER.

